Artwork
The painter Ricardo Arredondo
The painter Ricardo Arredondo is an oil painting by the Orientalist artist Vicente Cutanda Toraya. It dates from 1898 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The 1896 portrait depicts the Spanish painter Ricardo Arredondo seated, wearing a hat and holding a painting. The figure’s direct gaze and the presence of the artist’s tools signal professional identity and artistic practice. The composition emphasizes the sitter’s role as a painter, aligning with late-nineteenth-century conventions of artist portraiture that foreground creative vocation.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1896, this portrait utilizes oil paint applied to a canvas support. The work measures 150.5 cm in height and 76.5 cm in width. Visually, the composition focuses on the figure of Ricardo Arredondo Calmache, who is depicted wearing a hat.
The piece is classified as a painting and is currently held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
History & Provenance
The portrait of Ricardo Arredondo, painted by Vicente Cutanda Toraya in 1896, is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The portrait of Ricardo Arredondo, painted by Vicente Cutanda Toraya in 1896, is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The work is executed in oil on canvas and measures 150.5 cm in height by 76.5 cm in width. The painting depicts the subject wearing a hat while engaged in the act of painting.
No specific inventory or accession number is provided in the available records, nor is there any documented exhibition history for this piece in the current sources.
Context
The painting by Vicente Cutanda Toraya depicting Ricardo Arredondo Calmache was created in 1896 and is housed in the Museo del Prado, where it remains part of the museum's collection. This work exemplifies late 19th-century Spanish academic portraiture, reflecting contemporary artistic conventions through its formal composition and realistic rendering. Contemporary scholarship highlights its significance as a representation of Arredondo within the broader context of Spanish art during this period. The painting measures 150.5 cm by 76.5 cm and is executed in oil on canvas.
Overview
Created in 1898, this oil portrait by Spanish artist Vicente Cutanda Toraya depicts fellow painter Ricardo Arredondo Calmache. The work is part of the collection of Madrid’s Museo del Prado and presents the sitter standing before an easel, brush in hand, against a softly rendered green landscape.
Artist & collection
Artist
Vicente Cutanda y Toraya (1850, Cella or Madrid - 1925, Toledo) was a Spanish painter and watercolorist.
